Oude Campaign

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Summary

After the recapture of Cawnpore in December 1857 the British started a campaign to subdue the province of Oude. The Army of Oude from Cawnpore led by Sir Colin Campbell assisted by the Jaunpore Field Force of Brig-Gen Thomas Franks and the Nepalese Army under Jung Bahadur converged on Lucknow which was finally relieved at the end of March 1858. There were a number of peripheral actions.

Army of Oude

Under the command of Sir Colin Campbell

Artillery Division
Maj-Gen Archdale Wilson KCB, Royal Artillery commanding

• Brigade of Field Artillery
  • E Troop Royal Horse Artillery
  • F Troop Royal Horse Artillery
  • 1st Troop 1st Brigade Bengal Artillery
  • 2nd Troop 1st Brigade Bengal Artillery
  • 2nd Troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Artillery
  • 3rd Troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Artillery
  • 3rd Coy 14th Battalion Royal Artillery
  • No 20 Light Field Battery
  • 2nd Coy 3rd Battalion Bengal Artillery
  • No 12 Light Field Battery
• Brigade of Siege Artillery
  • 3rd Coy 8th Battalion Royal Artillery
  • 6th Coy 11th Battalion Royal Artillery
  • 5th Coy 12th Battalion Royal Artillery
  • 5th Coy 13th Battalion Royal Artillery
  • 4th Coy 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery
  • 1st Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery
  • 3rd Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery
  • Detachment of Bengal Artillery Recruits
• Naval Brigade under Capt W Peel CB RN
• Engineer Brigade
  • 4th Coy Royal Engineers
  • 23rd Coy Royal Engineers
  • HQ Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • Punjaub Sappers and Miners
  • Corps of Pioneers
    

Cavalry Division
Brig-Gen J H Grant CB commanding

• 1st Brigade
  • HM 9th Lancers
  • 2nd Battalion Military Train
  • 2nd Punjaub Cavalry
  • Detachment of 5th Punjaub Cavalry
  • Wale's Horse
    
• 2nd Brigade
  • HM 2nd Dragoon Guards
  • HM 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
  • Volunteer Cavalry
  • Detachment 1st Punjaub Cavalry
  • Hodson's Horse
    

1st Infantry Division
Maj-Gen Sir James Outram GCB, Bombay Army commanding

• 1st Brigade
  • HM 84th Regiment
  • HM 5th Fusiliers
  • HM 84th Regiment
  • 1st Madras Fusiliers
• 2nd Brigade
  • HM 84th Regiment
  • HM 78th Highlanders
  • HM 90th Light Infantry
  • Regiment of Ferozpore
    

2nd Infantry Division

• 3rd Brigade
  • HM 34th Regiment
  • HM 38th Regiment
  • HM 53rd Regiment
    

2nd Infantry Division

• 4th Brigade
  • HM 42nd Highlanders
  • HM 93rd Highlanders
  • 4th Punjaub Rifles
    

3rd Infantry Division
Brig-Gen R Walpole commanding

• 5th Brigade
  • HM 23rd Fusiliers
  • HM 79th Highlanders
  • 1st Bengal Fusiliers
• 5th Brigade
  • 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
  • 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
  • 2nd Punjaub Infantry

Jaunpore Field Force

Brig-Gen T H Franks commanding
British Force

• 6th Coy 13th Battalion Royal Artillery (108 men)
• 8th Coy 2nd Battalion Royal Artillery (52 men)
• Detachment of A Coy 3rd Battalion Madras Artillery (66 men)
• Detachment of 4th Coy 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery (30 men)
• Detachment Benares Horse (38 men)
• HM 10th Regiment (730 men)
• HM 20th Regiment (717 men)
• HM 97th Regiment (661 men)
• Native Artillery Detail
  

Allied Goorkha Force

• 6 Battalions Infantry
• Artillery attached
  

Total 5,710 men

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Colin Campbell (1792-1863)
Thomas Franks (1808-1862)
James Hope Grant (1808-1875)
Alfred Horsford (1818-1885)
Edward Lugard (1810-1898)
Nana Sahib (1820?-1859?)
Tantya Tope (1819-59)
Edward Wetherall (1815-69)
Charles Windham (1810-1870)

External Links

Brigadier Troup's Actions in Oude Google Books
Map of Oudh annexed in 1856 Wikipedia